The CSCUSA Ski Passport gives skiers and snowboarders in grades 3–6 the opportunity to explore 20 Colorado Ski Country USA member resorts. And, at just $67, it gives parents an easy way to hit the slopes with the family and without breaking the bank.
Whether your student is just getting started, a confident intermediate, or putting the grownups to shame, get more mountains for your money—and 2 free Junior daily rental packages from Christy Sports—with every CSCUSA Ski Passport.
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Colorado resorts
at each
for $67*
Ski Passports are valid at 20 CSCUSA member resorts: Arapahoe Basin, Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Cooper, Copper Mountain, Echo Mountain, Eldora, Granby Ranch, Hesperus, Howelsen Hill, Loveland, Monarch Mountain, Powderhorn, Purgatory Resort, Snowmass, Steamboat, Sunlight, Telluride, and Winter Park.
Ski Passports blackout dates: December 25, 2024–January 1, 2025; January 18–19, 2025; and February 15–16, 2025
*Price subject to change throughout the season. See Terms & Conditions below.
Click the Buy Passes tab at the top of this page and create an account at shop.coloradoski.com/registration.
For each student in grades 3–6, you will need to upload:
Limit one (1) CSCUSA pass or card per student/child. Please allow 3–5 business days for activation.
Only one Proof of Grade document can be uploaded for each student.
Each Proof of Grade document must include the student’s name, grade, and school year.
Acceptable documents include:
If your student’s Ski Passport documentation does not include the required information (student name, grade, and school year), you will be notified by email with instructions about how to correct the Proof of Grade.
If your student has an activated Ski Passport from a prior year and is still eligible for a Ski Passport (within the grade 3–6 range), you do not need to submit an updated Proof of Grade when you purchase this year’s Ski Passport for your student.
CSCUSA Ski Passports are non-refundable and non-transferable. All sales are final.
While we appreciate that it can be effortful to acquire Proof of Grade documentation and while we know that you sincerely want to buy the appropriate Ski Passport for your student (we know you do! And we love that!), the following Proof of Grade documents are not accepted:
Any current student in grades 3–6 is eligible for a CSCUSA Ski Passport.
If your student does not have public or private school documents with their name, grade, and school year, you may submit a birth certificate or a passport as your Proof of Grade document.
All Proof of Grade documents are reviewed manually, and CSCUSA uses Denver Public School (DPS) age-grade guidelines to determine Ski Passport eligibility. Birth dates that are out of range will not be activated.
You can find the DPS eligibility guidelines here.
The age eligibility criteria for 2024–25 Ski Passport Grade 3 will be as follows: students must have turned 5 on or before October 1, 2019.
CSCUSA Ski Passports are non-refundable and non-transferable. All sales are final.
A student is eligible for each grade’s pass only once.
Students repeating all or a portion of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade do not qualify for a repeat pass.
If an applicant provides any false or inaccurate student information in their application, their pass will not be activated.
If a pass has already been activated, it will be revoked if it is determined that false or inaccurate information has been provided.
All information provided in the application is subject to verification by CSCUSA.
Legal guardians may purchase Ski Passports for any students in grades 3–6 that are in their care.
After you complete your purchase and your Ski Passport has been activated, log in to the CSCUSA Pass Portal.
Once there, validate each of your planned visits to a member resort. You can validate a visit up to seven (7) days in advance. You will receive a Visit Validation code email (you can also access each of your Visit Validation codes in your Pass Portal) and instructions for How to Redeem at each member resort.
We’ll track exactly how many visits you have available at each member resort. Just validate and visit the ticket window!
CSCUSA passes and cards take approximately 3-5 days* to activate. You will receive an email notifying you when they are ready to use.
*Before the season starts, passes and cards may take longer to activate.
Click the Pass Portal tab at the top of this page and log with the username and password you created at the time of purchase.
Reminder: usernames are all lower case, no spaces.
Go to our Visit Validation FAQs page or watch this helpful video. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
Passes and cards may be validated as early as seven (7) days before your planned visit, or on the day of your planned visit.
Once a validation is confirmed, it cannot be canceled.
Some member resorts may require you to follow a multi-step process to redeem your Visit Validation code.
We recommend taking a screenshot of each of your Visit Validation codes, so you don’t have to rely on internet/email access once you are at the ticket window of your chosen resort. Many resorts have only variable broadband service capability at or near their base area.
Each Ski Passport comes with two (2) free junior daily rental packages from our Presenting Sponsor Christy Sports.
Visit any Christy Sports location and present your CSCUSA Ski Passport/Christy Sports vouchers at the time of purchase.
Kids’ Ski Passports (grades 3–6) are valid for use at the following 20 CSCUSA member resorts:
Our Gems Passes and Cards are valid for use at the following 11 CSCUSA Gems resorts:
All CSCUSA passes and cards are blacked out on the following dates:
Ski Passports cannot be validated on any blackout dates.
CSCUSA Ski Passports are non-refundable and non-transferable. All sales are final.
Ski Passports and all other CSCUSA passes and cards are non-refundable.
If you fail to upload eligible Proof of Grade documents, your student’s Ski Passport will not be activated, and you will not receive a refund.
We sincerely hope you have the opportunity to use your pass or card this season at one (or more!) of our member resorts. They say variety is the spice of life, and who knows? You might just find your favorite run in an unexpected place.
Because here in Colorado Ski Country USA, there’s a mountain for everyone.
We think Colorado is the best, but any student in grades 3–6—no matter where they live—is eligible for a CSCUSA Ski Passport.
All CSCUSA passes and cards must be activated prior to first use.
You will receive an email for each Ski Passport or other CSCUSA pass or card that has been activated.
Before the season starts, passes and cards may take longer to activate.
During the season, activation of passes and cards takes between 3–5 business days.
You like us! You really like us! And we’re activating as fast as we can!
During the season, activation of passes and cards takes between 3–5 business days.
Before the season starts, passes and cards may take longer to activate.
If you are expecting an activation email, and you haven’t received one, check your email, including your junk or spam folders. We may have requested new Proof of Grade or photo documentation.
A commemorative Ski Passport is a printed plastic keepsake card.
You cannot use a commemorative Ski Passport to buy a lift ticket (or anything else, for that matter).
You can put it in a scrapbook, stick it on a bulletin board next to your kids’ artwork, or use it as an ice-scraper (although it will take you a looooooooong time to scrape your windshield, as it is the size of a credit card).
Commemorative Ski Passports are available for an additional $25 each through our shop.
Please allow up to two weeks for processing and shipping.
There’s nothing like a bluebird day in Colorado. Crisp breezes. Billowing powder. And mountains as far as the eye can see.
It’s how you introduce your children to a lifelong sport. It’s where you watch them push and grow. Where you connect and reconnect with far-flung family and catch up with old friends. Where you swap stories and give in to giggles and make memories.
The Gems Parent Pass gets you more mountains, more memories, more of what you love.
Available only with the purchase of a Ski Passport or Gems Teen Pass in our shop. One (1) per household. Quantities limited.
Colorado Ski Country USA is dedicated to creating opportunities for kids to participate in Colorado’s heritage of skiing and snowboarding. We are proud to have served more than half a million students since 1996.
